Low-carbon transition
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Dealflow | March 14, 2023
Jordan’s first green bond secures $50 million from IFC
ImpactAlpha, March 14 — Jordan Kuwait Bank issued Jordan’s first green bond to finance clean energy projects, low-carbon transportation, energy efficient real estate …
Dealflow | February 23, 2023
United’s Sustainable Flight Fund raises $100 million for sustainable aviation fuel
ImpactAlpha, February 23 — Chicago-based United Airlines is seeking to scale up the supply of sustainable aviation fuel to decarbonize commercial air travel. …
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Dealflow | February 17, 2023
Deal spotlight: An old-fashioned IPO with a climate twist
ImpactAlpha, February 17 – A climate tech company has scored the biggest IPO so far in 2023. Fremont, Calif.-based Nextracker, which optimizes solar …
Dealflow | February 10, 2023
Deal spotlight: Investors rally behind India’s EV startups
ImpactAlpha, February 10 – It seems like there’s an announcement every week about new financing for an electric-vehicle startup in India. EVs account …
Dealflow | February 9, 2023
Therma secures $19 million to help companies manage cooling and refrigeration needs
ImpactAlpha, February 9 – Fluorinated gasses used for refrigeration are more potent greenhouse gasses than methane or CO2. One way to cut greenhouse …
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Dealflow | February 9, 2023
Liminal raises $17.5 million to help EV battery makers monitor and improve production
ImpactAlpha, February 9 – Global demand for lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and solar storage is forecast to grow more than 30% per …
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Climate and Clean Tech | January 25, 2023
Scythe Robotics raises $42 million for ‘pay-as-you-mow’ landscaping equipment
ImpactAlpha, January 25 — Gas-powered equipment like lawn mowers and leaf blowers emit more than 240 million tons of pollutants each year, according …
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Low-carbon transition | January 20, 2023
ImpactAlpha Deal Spotlight: Nature-based biotech
ImpactAlpha, January 20 — Forests, oceans and soils play a crucial role in absorbing greenhouse gas emissions – and they could use some …
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Impact Tech | January 19, 2023
Summit Nanotech secures $50 million for sustainable lithium extraction
ImpactAlpha, January 19 — The scramble is on to commercialize sustainable lithium, which can overcome a major obstacle to the wholesale transition to …
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Low-carbon transition | January 18, 2023
Sublime Systems secures $40 million to commercialize electrified zero-carbon cement
ImpactAlpha, January 18 — Mining, grinding and heating limestone to make cement, the main binding agent for concrete, releases an enormous amount of …
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Climate and Clean Tech | January 18, 2023
Electrifying heavy-duty drayage trucks at California’s ports
ImpactAlpha, January 18 — The approximately 30,000 heavy-duty trucks that transport containers and bulk freight between ships and rail facilities at California’s 40 …
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Dealflow | January 10, 2023
Commerz Real’s Klimavest real assets impact fund crosses the billion-euro mark
ImpactAlpha, January 10 — Germany is one of several European nations that backslid on fossil fuels in order to generate power as Russia’s …
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Climate and Clean Tech | January 5, 2023
Electrifying ‘dollar vans’ to boost livelihoods and cut carbon in New York’s transit deserts
ImpactAlpha, January 5 — Along Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn, several informal “dollar vans” pass by for every city bus. The rides are more …
Low-carbon transition | November 10, 2022
Radical Ventures plants $9 million in seed funding for ranch management
ImpactAlpha, November 10 — Billings, Montana-based Enriched Ag uses machine-learning to help U.S. ranchers reduce emissions, improve soil health and generate revenues from …
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Dealflow | November 4, 2022
ImpactAlpha Deal Spotlight: Nature-based solutions
ImpactAlpha, November 4 — Demand is surging for high-quality nature-based carbon offsets, and developers are scrambling to supply them. Houston-based ZeroSix, formed by …
Impact Investing | November 3, 2022
A new kind of carbon credit incentivizes fossil fuel producers to ‘keep it in the ground’
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 3 – ‘Keep it in the ground’ has long been a rallying cry for climate activists. A new company is creating …
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Impact Management | November 1, 2022
Orchard Street’s Social and Environmental Impact Partnership fund secures £90 million
ImpactAlpha, November 2 — U.K.-based commercial real estate investor Orchard Street Investment Management has raised $103.3 million in a first close from investors …
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Low-carbon transition | October 28, 2022
Solugen rakes in over $200 million to expand zero-carbon chemical production
ImpactAlpha, October 28 — Houston-based zero-carbon chemicals producer Solugen has raised over $200 million to fund a new “bioforge” production plant in Minnesota. …
Dealflow | October 21, 2022
ImpactAlpha Deal Spotlight: Oil giants’ biogas acquisitions
ImpactAlpha, October 21 — Oil majors looking to phase out of fossil fuels are buying their way into the energy transition. Shell and …
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Climate Finance | October 19, 2022
India’s EKI Energy Services commits $24.3 million to launch a climate impact fund
ImpactAlpha, October 19 — Indore-based EKI Energy is a global carbon credits supplier and project manager with its own trading platform. The company …
Climate Finance | October 17, 2022
Lightrock’s climate fund raises €860 million for net-zero growth companies
ImpactAlpha, October 17 — London-based private equity investor Lightrock has raised €860 million ($838 million) for its first climate impact fund. Lightrock raised …
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Dealflow | October 12, 2022
Propagate scores $10 million to help farms transition to agroforestry
ImpactAlpha, October 12 — Agroforestry, the integration of trees in agricultural production, promises to sequester carbon, decrease erosion, reduce nutrient loss and increase …
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Climate and Clean Tech | October 6, 2022
LineVision raises $33 million to help utilities decarbonize
ImpactAlpha, October 6 — LineVision is among the wave of startups using hardware and software solutions to help utilities optimize performance to reduce …
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Low-carbon transition | October 4, 2022
LanzaTech secures $550 million carbon recycling partnership with Brookfield Renewable
ImpactAlpha, October 4 — Chicago-based LanzaTech uses microbes to convert industrial carbon emissions into sustainable fuel and inputs for textile, rubber and packaging. …
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Clean Energy | September 29, 2022
Moxion Power secures $100 million to decarbonize mobile power
ImpactAlpha, September 29 — Construction sites, outdoor events, film productions and disaster response teams need temporary power generation. “There’s enormous demand for cleaner …
Impact Investing | September 27, 2022
A dozen charts that map the uneven but hopeful path to a carbon-free economy
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 27 – Transitions are rarely a straight line. That is especially true of the massive global shift underway to a low-carbon economy. …
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Climate Finance | September 23, 2022
Trillions are the talk of Climate Week, as opportunities drive climate action.
ImpactAlpha, September 23 – The energy transition is moving from talk to action. Those not moving fast enough are finding themselves on the …
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Low-carbon transition | September 22, 2022
Future scores $5.3 million to reward consumers for reducing their carbon footprint
ImpactAlpha, September 22 — More U.S. consumers are looking to make climate-friendly purchases to reduce their carbon emissions. “There’s a common misconception that …
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Agrifood Tech | September 13, 2022
Bond Pet Foods raises $17.5 million to make lab-grown meat for pets
ImpactAlpha, September 13 — Animal byproducts used in pet food are less carbon-intensive than other types of meat, but they are still derived …
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Climate and Clean Tech | August 30, 2022
Dryad secures €10.5 million for ‘ultra-early’ wildfire detection
ImpactAlpha, August 30 — Extreme heat waves, exacerbated by drought, set many parts of Europe ablaze this summer. Hotter temperatures are pushing severe …
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Climate and Clean Tech | August 29, 2022
New incentives spur building industry to take concrete steps to decarbonize cement
ImpactAlpha, August 29 — Discussions of “deep decarbonization” often turn to global production of concrete and cement, the ubiquitous building material that is …
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Low-carbon transition | August 25, 2022
Carbon Direct raises $60 million for science-based carbon management
ImpactAlpha, August 25 — Supply chain emissions. Decarbonizing processes. Carbon offsets. Meeting net-zero goals is a daunting challenge for corporations. New York-based Carbon …
Community Finance | August 18, 2022
Community lenders look to carve out a role for themselves in new green bank fund
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 18 – The Inflation Reduction Act, sprung from the seeming dead just three weeks ago, sprinted into law almost as fast …
Policy Corner | August 11, 2022
Eight ways the Inflation Reduction Act is resetting the climate table
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 11 – The Inflation Reduction Act hasn’t yet passed the House and already it is reframing narratives (the U.S. is a …
Impact Investing | August 9, 2022
How four institutional investors use climate action plans to map their paths to net zero
New York State’s $279 billion pension fund understands the importance of planning. When the New York State Common Retirement Fund announced in 2020 …
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Low-carbon transition | August 2, 2022
Onto raises $60 million for electric-vehicles-as-a-service in Germany
ImpactAlpha, August 2 — U.K.-based Onto launched in 2017 to promote consumer usership, not ownership, of electric vehicles. Onto’s all-inclusive monthly subscription service …
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Impact Voices | July 28, 2022
Energy efficiency is critical for climate goals and global security
Europe must wean itself off of Russian oil and gas. Energy efficiency can go a long way towards alleviating the pain. Energy efficiency …
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Climate and Clean Tech | July 25, 2022
Fifth Wall closes $500 million climate fund to decarbonize real estate
ImpactAlpha, July 25 — Buildings across the world contribute to nearly half of global carbon emissions. Property tech investor Fifth Wall’s first climate …
Signals | July 14, 2022
Is a green transition the cause – or the solution – in Sri Lanka’s crisis?
ImpactAlpha, July 14 – It was an irresistible meme: A crash transition to organic farming tanked Sri Lanka’s agricultural sector and sent the country …
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Climate and Clean Tech | July 13, 2022
Circ secures $30 million to recycle textile waste
ImpactAlpha, July 13 — Only around 12% of the materials used to make clothing ends up being recycled. A raft of textile-recycling startups, …
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Low-carbon transition | July 8, 2022
ImpactAlpha Deal Spotlight: Carbon capture
ImpactAlpha, July 8 — The aftershocks of the Supreme Court decision limiting the Environmental Protection Agency’s powers to regulate greenhouse gasses are still …